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This plan follows the Sunday liturgy:     reading + psalm + reading + gospel                  From  www.simplebible.info 

O Holy Spirit, please guide me as I read these passages for today. 
May these passages give me hope, strength, wisdom, courage and peace for my daily life 

Hannah praised God for giving her a child:
"My heart rejoices in the Lord.
The Lord, our fortress, is holy.

Don't speak proudly,
for the Lord knows what's in our hearts.

The Lord breaks the power of the strong.
He gives strength and victory to the weak.
He blesses the barren woman.

The Lord raises the poor from the dust,
and gives them a seat of honor with princes.

The Lord guards the steps of good people,
but scatters  bad people in their pride."

The Lord blessed Hannah
and she gave birth to three more sons and two daughters.

Her son Samuel grew up in the temple.
The temple priest at that time was Eli.

But Eli's sons were bad men.
They stole the people's offerings to the Lord.

Dear God, please bless good people like Hannah,
and please help bad people like Eli's sons to stop being bad

O Lord you have been our refuge 
from one generation to the next.

Before the earth or the world existed,
you are God, without beginning or end.

For you, a thousand years are like yesterday, 
come and gone so quickly.

We humans have a short life,
our life is over like a sigh.

Our span is 70 years,
or 80 for those who are strong.

Make us know the shortness of our life,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.

In the morning, fill us with your love.
Give success to the work of our hands.

Lord, help us realize the shortness of our life,
 that we may live our lives more wisely

To resist the Devil's tactics, put on God's armor:

- the belt of truth
- the breastplate of integrity
- the shoes of eagerness to spread 
  the Good News of peace
- the shield of faith
- the helmet of salvation
- the sword of God's word

Jesus, help me put on these six pieces of armor

One day when Jesus was standing near the Lake of Gennesaret,
with people pressing round him listening to the word of God,
he saw two fishing boats near the bank

He got into one boat, it belonged to Simon Peter,
and taught people from the boat, away from the shore a little distance

When he'd finished speaking he said to Simon
"Go out further to deep water and use your nets for a catch of fish"

Simon replied "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing,
but if you say so I'll lower the nets"

They soon caught so many fish that the nets began to tear.
They called to their friends in the second boat to come and help.
Both boats were soon filled with fish

Peter fell at Jesus' knees and said "Leave me, Lord, I am a sinful man",
for he was overcome by the catch they had made,
as were James and John who were his partners

But Jesus said to Simon "Don't be afraid. From now on, you will be fishers of men".
Simon and his friends then left everything to follow Jesus

Jesus,  bless and protect  all "fishers of men"